Tag Archives: Economics

Apparently Economics is Really Easy

Posted on November 5, 2014 by thevenerablecorvex

Young Canadians who are facing long-term underemployment (your humble scribe included) will be pleased to learn that Mr. Stephen Poloz has some advice for us: “When I bump into youths, they ask me, you know, ‘What am I supposed to do … Continue reading →

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Irrational Exuberance, New Space, and Jaime Holding a Bucket of Cold Water

Posted on March 30, 2014 by thevenerablecorvex

So as you know, I really like space. And I am as excited as anyone to think about new developments in space exploration. However, I am in a minority of the international space community when I admit that I’m not at all sanguine … Continue reading →

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The Fallibility of Peer Review

Posted on April 20, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

An interesting article turned up on the BBC website today; apparently, a student has discovered fundamental calculation errors in a seminal 2010 economics paper making the case for austerity. I am not an economist, and I have not read this … Continue reading →

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My Surprising Experience With Auditing Courses

Posted on January 22, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

As you all know, I’m taking advantage of the relative scarcity of work for me to do in the lead-up to my thesis defense by auditing a number of undergraduate courses in subjects which I have always found interesting/necessary, but … Continue reading →

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“Societal Windtunnels?”

Posted on November 8, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Over on Clarissa’s blog, there’s a bit of an ongoing debate as to whether it is possible to ‘perfect’ Communism in such a way that implementing it doesn’t result in millions upon millions of innocent people dying. On the one … Continue reading →

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What I Want To Do With My Life

Posted on September 26, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

So, we’ve established by this point that I want above anything else to be a writer. We’ve also established that it is, in fact, very difficult to make one’s living on writing alone, so the overwhelming likelihood is that I … Continue reading →

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My Five Year Mission

Posted on September 4, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Given all of the unfortunate social problems that arrise from transition, it’s occured to me that it would be prudent to adopt a plan for the next few years. Given the still-routine employment discrimination against transgender people*, it would seem … Continue reading →

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Joining the Dark Side

Posted on August 2, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

You will all be delighted to learn that after a lengthy, frustrating procedure, I have finally managed to complete my master’s thesis calculation*. This, of course, is a momentous occasion insofar as I am concerned. There were times, honestly, when … Continue reading →

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Ideology as Market Segment

Posted on July 28, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

There are no Chick-fil-A outlets in Canada, so I have been watching the fall-out from the Company President’s recent explosion of mind-numbing theoconservative assholery from a safe distance. It’s quite the interesting spectacle. I say ‘interesting’ rather than ‘amusing’ because … Continue reading →

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Is Economics A Science?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

There’s a bit of an ongoing debate among hard scientists as to whether or not we should count economists among our number. On the one hand (say those who claim that economics is a science) they perform non-trivial mathematical analysis … Continue reading →

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